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Video: Remembering Komla Dumor 6 years on

On January 18, 2014, Ghanaian host of BBC’s Focus on Africa and former host of Joy FM’s morning show, Komla Dumor passed on. Also READ: Kevin Taylor...

Photo: Policeman foils robbery attempt, engages robbers in gun battle

A Policeman escorting a van full of assorted drinks from Bandankwanta to Tinga in the Savannah Region was forced to engage three robbers in...

Court jails trader for stealing mobile phones

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 19-year-old trader to six months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing assorted phones valued...

Kevin Taylor blasts Kennedy Agyapong

Outspoken social media commentator, Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor, has descended on maverick politician, Kennedy Agyapong. Mr Taylor in his 'With All Due Respect' show...

All schools to benefit from school feeding programme – Gender Minister

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has announced that it will expand the School Feeding Programme to all schools across the country. “If...

Road crashes: 2, 284 fatalities recorded in 2019 – MTTD

Road crashes claimed 2,284 lives in 2019, according to provisional data compiled by the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana...

Body of 21-year-old woman suspected to have been murdered found in Kumasi

The suspected murder of a 21-year old woman at Ahenema Kokoben New Site in Kumasi has added to a string of mysterious deaths, especially...

GRIDCo explains power outage in parts of Accra

Power transmission company, Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), has given reasons for the recent power outages in some parts of the capital, Accra. SE...

200 students at Wa Islamic SHS displaced after fire outbreak

Parts of the Wa Islamic Senior High School in the Upper West Region have been gutted by fire. The fire, which is said to have started...

I SAW THEM SUFFER: A taxi driver’s story of healthcare officials’ neglect, pain, death of mother and children [Audio]

A taxi driver who only gave his name as Kobby, has given a detailed account of how health officials slowed down the response time...

Akufo-Addo leaves for UK-Africa summit in London

President Akufo-Addo has left Accra on Friday to attend the UK-Africa Investment Summit being held in London, in the United Kingdom. The UK-Africa Investment Summit,...

Hassan Ayariga attacks Ghanaian pastors

Founder of the All Peoples’ Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has described the involvement of some Ghanaian pastors in national politics as religious and psychological...

One week of policewoman and 3 children killed in gas explosion observed [Photos]

One week celebration of 45-year-old policewoman, Insp. Kate Abban who together with her three children lost their lives to a gas explosion at Ablekuma Fanmilk, a...

Tap water safe for consumption -Ghana Water assures

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced to consumers in the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regions and the general public that water...

My peace drive in Dagbon resulted in enskinment of 25 chiefs from vacant 36 skins – Ya-Na

The Overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Na Mahama Abukari II says his peace drive in Dagbon has resulted in the enskinment of 25 chiefs from the...

Ofosu-Ampofo blames lives lost in Dompoase accident on parked ambulances

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of toying with the lives of Ghanaians over his decision...

Great days lie ahead of Dagbon – Akufo-Addo to Yaa-Naa

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the Overlord of Dagbon, Yaa-Naa Mahama Abukari II, has over the course of his enskinment nearly...

Watch: Mahama commiserates with families of Dompoase crash victims

Former president John Mahama says he is “deeply saddened and concerned” about the deadly accident that claimed 34 lives on Tuesday dawn. “On...

‘Galamsey’ back in full swing as illegal miners ravage Oda River, Forest Reserve

After three years of intense war against illegal mining, popularly known as ‘Galamsey’, it appears the efforts are not paying off as ...

Court issues arrest warrant for Kevin Taylor [Video]

An Accra High Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor, a social media commentator. The Court wants Mr...

Full Account: Bishop narrates his divine escape from being victim of Dompoase fatal accident

A man of God was saved by his instincts from becoming a victim of the fatal accident which claimed the lives of some 34...

Ghana at 100 document developed

The Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Professor Stephen Adei, has hinted that a document projecting Ghana's agenda for...

NPRA instructs SSNIT to reduce pensions processing and payment time to one month

The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has moved to curtail the delays that characterise the processing and payment pensions to retirees to whom payments...

Lands Ministry to procure 30 more drones for surveying

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources will, from July this year, procure at least 30 drones to be used for mapping and surveying...

We’re still working on Suale murder case – Police

The Ghana Police Service has dismissed claims that it has abandoned the search for the killers of investigative journalist, Ahmed Suale. Ahmed was shot and...

Family of Ahmed Suale angry over ‘no justice’ a year after assassination

The family of slain journalist, Ahmed Suale, has expressed anger at the seeming slow pace of justice delivery by the police after the murder...

Prophetess narrates how step-mother ‘fried’ her in oil [watch]

A Prophetess by name Adwoa Nhyira has narrated the near-fatal ordeal she suffered in a polygamous home with her step-mothers who she says wanted...

Artist’s impression of Ahmed Suale’s suspected murderers surfaces online [photo]

An artistic impression of two male adults suspected to be behind the killing of investigative journalist, Ahmed Suale, has for the first time, surfaced...

Rev Owusu Bempah breaks silence on Dompoase accident [Listen]

Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, the leader of Glorious Word Chapel International has told Ghanaians to expect more road accidents in 2020. His notification comes just...

US lifts visa restrictions on Ghana

The Embassy of the United States of America in Ghana has announced it has lifted the visa sanctions applied under section 243(d) of the...

7 injured in Huni-Ano accident

Seven persons sustained various degrees of injuries at Huni-Ano, a village along the Tarkwa-Bogoso road. This happened when a Hyundai Grace bus with registration number...

Former Beige Bank boss Michael Nyinaku files for bail

Lawyers for Michael Nyinaku, a former Managing Director of Beige Bank, who is being held for stealing and money laundering, have filed a motion...

Ablakwa pushes for national mourning of Dompoase crash victims

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is pushing for the declaration of a state of national mourning for the...

Nkwanta South SHS students ‘refuse’ to report after Christmas holidays

Management of the Nkwanta South Senior High School has appealed to parents to allow their wards return to school after the Christmas holidays. The appeal...

Video: Fire guts Accra Academy, dormitories burnt, over 100 students stranded

A late night fire has consumed two halls at Accra Academy, displacing more than 100 students. The fire started around 7:00 p.m. at Alema and...

Listen: Hare Krishna gives ‘spiritual forecast’ for Ghana in 2020

The Communications Director of the Hare Krishna Movement in Ghana, Jnana Chaksus Das, is predicting more bloodshed on roads in the country. According to him,...

2020 Population Census will come off – GSS

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) says the 2020 population census will come off though the scheduled date might change. The exercise was to take...

Lack of progress in Ahmed-Suale murder case unacceptable – Int’l Press Institute

One year after the killing of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives...

Nkwanta South SHS students ‘refuse’ to report after Christmas holidays

Management of the Nkwanta South Senior High School has appealed to parents to allow their wards return to school after the Christmas holidays. The appeal...

Dompoase accident: Surviving driver breaks silence

The driver of the Yutong bus which had a head-on-collision on the Cape Coast-Takoradi highway says he was not overtaking, as earlier believed. According to the...